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Middle Bronze Age bone needle
Features a transversely perforated rounded head. Cylindrical in section.
Collection Area
Archaeology & Numismatics
Item Number
64.135/9
Find Information
Site Name: Lesser Garth Cave, Lesser Garth
Collection Method: Excavation
Date: 1963-1964
Notes: Found in a layer sealed by stalagmite above the roof-collapse.
Acquisition
donation, 13/4/1964
Measurements
Length
(mm): 65.0
maximum diameter
(mm): 3.5*
diameter
(mm): 1.5 (of perforation)
Weight
(g): 1.1
Material
Bone
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